2012-10-01
2012-10-31
x CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley

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KPIX (CBS) 9
WUSA (CBS) 5
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English 14

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saying that you're fired. >> pelley: and john blackstone in san francisco with the fastest boats on the bay, looking to capture a wave of new fans. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the f.b.i. says it has arrested a young man in a manhattan hotel today as he pushed the buttons to set off what he believed was a massive truck bomb outside the federal reserve bank of new york. what the man didn't know was that his accomplices worked for the f.b.i. the plot unfolded in the heart of lower manhattan, a few blocks from the former world trade center site. the federal reserve bank of new york is vital to the nation's financial system. it is the clearing house for the transactions of the nation's largest banks. and the storage site of vast reserves of gold. senior correspondent john miller has been talking to his source at the f.b.i., and he has details of the plot and the suspect. >> reporter: quazi mohammad nafis came to the u.s. from bangledesh on a student visa to study at southeast missouri state university. he caugh

and dignitaries, politicians and friends, they gathered to commemorate him in the grand rotunda of san francisco city hall. >> our city will always remember ambassador stevens as a hero who served all americans. >> u.n. diplomat and visiting, c berkeley professor bartu worked closely with him through the libyan civil war and remembers him as a best friend and as a competent miss player. >> he would wear you down. >> always with pa smile on his face, that's how he did his diplomacy. >> and that is what made stevens a stabilizing force in and unsettled part of the world. >> so he wasn't the type of diplomat who stayed behind diplomatic walls. he got out among the people. >> that is true. he was very widely regarded. his family is being overwhelmed with expressions of condolence. >> both the state department and congress are investigating whether more could have been done to protect the consulate in benghazi. >> what do you think he would think of his death being at the center of a heated political debate? >> he would prefer that the big picture not be lost sight of. there are some elements of fore

in what could be a new direction for the catholic church in san francisco. >> in a ceremony of ancient church ritual, salvatore cordileone was installed as the archbishop of san francisco. mark sayre on the day of ceremony and protest. mark. >> reporter: well, allen, hundreds of people attended this afternoon's installation ceremony including dignitaries from the catholic church but it is a ceremony that was also met by protestors. archbishop salvatore cordileone walked inside the front doors of st. mary's cathedral at the beginning of the installation ... >> reporter: but just a few hundred feet away protestors opposed him because of his same-sex marriage ban. >> he is about the

answers. here's more bad news. the average price in san francisco is now $4.74. in oakland, it's 4.68 a gallon and 4.67 in san jose. cbs 5 reporter phil matier tells us, a couple of powerful state leaders are now calling for a federal investigation. >> reporter: that's right. there's nothing like gas prices around election time to get politicians moving. >> reporter: that was a sampling of the reaction at this oakland gas station to word that governor jerry brown issued an order to allow higher muting winter gas blend to be sold in the state early in the wake of this week's pump busting prices. >> i took the action that the state can

. fremont 72. san jose only 69. and downtown san francisco 65 degrees. so what is going on this weekend? we'll get lots of details in the second -- i have some video to show you. we have the blue angels in town, eet week hitting the climax this weekend. the blue angels putting on their show tomorrow at 12:30. sunday's show begins at noon. i do think the weather will cooperate for the blue angels and that show in the sky. how about some

burned already. we came across some remarkable video of a meteor that lit up the skies over the san francisco bay area wednesday night. nasa cameras captured it. astronomers say it was about the size of a car and probably broke apart before hitting the earth. more meteors are on the way this weekend when pieces of haley's comet streak past the earth. for folks who love the state fair of texas, it was a horrible site. big tex, the towering statue that's greeted visitors for 60 years, went up in flames. all that was left was a metal skeleton, some arms, and his 50- pound belt buckle. the fire started in the electrical system that moves big texas' mouth and head. the fair said today they were going to build him back better than ever. veeve hartman went on safari in the jungles of florida "on the road" is next. if you have high blood pressure and get a cold get coricidin hbp. the number one pharmacist recommended cold brand designed for people with high blood pressure. and the only one i use to relieve my cold symptoms without raising my blood pressure. coricidin hbp. c'mon, michael! ge

the world series gets ready in less than 24 hours. tonight the san francisco giants getting ready to host the tigers in game one. bay area sports stores are trying to keep up in demand. fresh off the printing press, shirts and hats flying off the shelves after the giants storm into the world series. >> scutaro! the giants have won the pennant. >> reporter: the players soaked by nature and champagne. now dried off and gearing up for game 1 against the tigers. >>> they swept the yankees. that tells you how good they are. >> reporter: giants fever is everywhere. pride in the bay area and beyond. >> this is like my country, you know? this is like -- >> okay. get this. the giants and tigers boast a combined total of 9 players from venezuela. cbs 5 reporter joe vazquez tells us t

of the world blries. san francisco's pablo sandoval homered in the first, third, and fifth innings as the giants beat htroit 8-3 before a hometown crowd. sandoval, whose nickname is kung fu panda, joins babe ruth, reggie jackson, and albert puljos as the only men to hit anree home runs in a world series game. toni of a very different kind are the subject of our final story tonight. the battle to save them. ory . ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. and there are many years ahead. join the millions of members who've chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. go long. since then, there's been one wedding, 2 kids, and 43 bottles of olay total effects. so in spite of 185 tantrums 378 pre-dawn starts and a lot of birthdays, caroline still looks amazing. you can challenge what's possible thanks to the trusted performance of olay. 60 years, millions of women, real results. until he got his number. right! the machine showed me my pressure points on my feet, and it gave me my custom number. my arches needed more suppor

to be inducted in the 2013 rock and roll hall of fame but before leo could play a single note at his san francisco gig last week, his visit hit a sour note. he said the hotel manager at the motel hassled him because they are black. >> i would call it racism. >> reporter: he says the travelodge manager demanded a $100 cash deposit from him and each of his african member bandmates but a white band member was allowed to use a credit card. the concert promoter had already booked the rooms with his own credit card. the band called him in to mediate. >> the manager at that point said we don't take credit cards from "those" people. and i looked at him and said what do you mean by those people? he looked over and he pointed at

service tonight at san francisco's city hall for christopher stevens. he was the u.s. ambassador to libya killed with three other americans in that terror attack last month on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. stevens was 52 and leaves a wife and two children. bill whitaker is covering. >> reporter: u.n. diplomat and visiting u.c. berkeley professor peter bartu worked closely with christopher stevens through the libyan civil war. he remembers see the srebs as a best friend and a consummate tennis player. what kind of a tennis player was he? >> well, he was too competitive for my liking. he'd wear you down. always with a smile on his face. that's how he did his diplomacy. >> reporter: that, bartu says, is what made chris stevens a stabilizing force in an unsettled part of the world. >> people were candid with him and he was candid back. >> reporter: so he wasn't the type of diplomat who stayed behind diplomatic walls. he got out among the people? >> that's true. he was very widely regarded. i think the fayly's been overwhelmed with expressions of condolence. >> reporter: condolences from the

.wgbh.org >>> this is 9 news now. >>> win or go home, we are just 90 minutes way from game five and the winner meets san francisco sunday. we have live coverage from nationals park starting with our own derek mcginty. all right, derek, what's the atmosphere out there right now? it's got to be building and building. >> reporter: the atmosphere is freezing cold. that's what the atmosphere is. it's a brisk night out here at nats park, anita. that will get the blood flowing, as if we needed any help for game five of the national league division series, the nationals all excited about a game that quite frankly a lot of folks thought might not happen, but as we b, one swing of the bat -- know, one swing of the bat can change everything. jayson werth made that happen last night for the

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